Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke, Eric Michael Summerer

mp3 cd

Published Oct. 27, 2015 by Brilliance Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-5113-2581-3

(3 reviews)

Childhood's End is a 1953 science fiction novel by British author Arthur C. Clarke. The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war, helps form a world government, and turns the planet into a near-utopia. Many questions are asked about the origins and mission of the aliens, but they avoid answering, preferring to remain in their ships, governing through indirect rule. Decades later, the Overlords eventually show themselves, and their impact on human culture leads to a Golden Age. However, the last generation of children on Earth begin to display powerful psychic abilities, heralding their evolution into a group mind, a transcendent form of life.

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5 stars

Quantes històries hi ha d'invasions alienígenes? Aquí en Clarke ens n'explica una de ben diferent.

Un bon dia, a les ciutats més importants del món, apareixen unes naus alienígenes immenses. Tothom ho té clar al veure-les, la història de la humanitat es troba en un punt d'inflexió, com quan l'ésser humà es va tornar sedentari, o va començar l'escriptura.

Els visitants, que no volen mostrar-se, de seguida ho deixen molt clar: no volen invadir-nos, només volen ajudar-nos a millorar la qualitat de vida de tots els humans. Aconseguir la pau mundial, erradicar la fam i les malalties, etc. L'única condició, a canvi, és abandonar la nostra ambició d'explorar l'espai exterior.

NOTA: si llegiu aquesta edició de Duna Llibres, deixeu la Introducció pel final, ja que explica un espòiler que fa que la primera part perdi una mica la gràcia.

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5 stars

This is an absolutely outstanding, albeit disturbing, tale of the future. It is simply amazing that it was written in the 1950s. I place it in a category of must read science fiction.

Will Sargent

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Feb. 15, 2016